It is with sad news we announce of the death yesterday evening, the Second Sunday of Lent, of Canon Bernard Ronald Scholes who died peacefully at St Anne’s Care Home in Stoke Newington where he had received excellent care, then palliative care as he prepared for God’s call to heaven. Members of his family and Sr Mary Benedicta LSP were with him.
Canon Bernard was born in Isleworth on 9 August 1936 and was ordained in Westminster Cathedral on 11 June 1960.
Condolences are extended to Canon Bernard’s family, friends and colleagues and to Sr Caroline Mary LSP and the other Sisters, staff and residents at St Anne’s.
Canon Bernard’s mortal remains will be received at the church of Holy Rood, Exchange Road, Watford WD18 0PJ at 5pm on Monday 28 April. There will be a Requiem Mass at 7pm with Bishop Paul McAleenan presiding and Canon Norbert Fernandes giving the homily.
The Funeral Mass will be on Tuesday 29 April at 12noon at the church of Our Lady and St Joseph, Uxbridge Road, Hanwell W7 3SU with the Cardinal presiding and Fr Richard Nesbitt giving the homily. Burial will follow at New Brentford Cemetery at 1.45pm.
We pray for the peaceful repose of Fr Canon Bernard’s soul:
Hear with favour our prayers,
which we humbly offer, O Lord,
for the salvation of the soul of Canon Bernard your servant and priest,
that he, who devoted a faithful ministry to your name,
may rejoice in the perpetual company of your saints.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
God, for ever and ever.
Amen.
Yesterday’s Psalm response at Mass, and the fourth verse, could have been written by Canon Bernard who always placed his trust in the Lord:
The Lord is my light and my salvation.
I believe I shall see the Lord’s goodness
in the land of the living.
Wait for the Lord, be strong,
be stout-hearted and wait for the Lord!
May the soul of Canon Bernard, and the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace.
Amen.
